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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press
ISBN-101469656868
ISBN-139781469656861
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038380972
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameMerchant in German Literature of the Enlightenment
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
SubjectEuropean / German, Movements / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Philosophy
AuthorJohn W. Van Cleve
SeriesUniversity of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN85-014142
ReviewsThe Merchant in German Literature of the Enlightenment is a meticulously researched and elegantly written study of what emerges as a palpable trend in literature's depiction of its middle class readers. Both specialists and novices may invest their time with profit."-- Colloquia Germanica, The Merchant in German Literature of the Enlightenment is a meticulously researched and elegantly written study of what emerges as a palpable trend in literature's depiction of its middle class readers. Both specialists and novices may invest their time with profit.-- Colloquia Germanica, " The Merchant in German Literature of the Enlightenment is a meticulously researched and elegantly written study of what emerges as a palpable trend in literature's depiction of its middle class readers. Both specialists and novices may invest their time with profit."-- Colloquia Germanica
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number105
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal830.93553
SynopsisJohn Van Cleve analyzes the influence of the merchant class on what Leo Balet termed the Verburgerlichung (the 'becoming middle-class') of German literature during the eighteenth century. He describes the origins and development of the class and examines its successive images in works by Haller, Schnabel, Borkenstein, Luise Gottsched, J. E. Schlegel, Gellert, and Lessing. Between the years 1729 and 1750, merchants were better able to lend financial support to the literary world than were civil servants and professionals. Although merchants were central in the cultural life of the German states, they were usually less educated than other members of their social stratum and therefore less disposed to literature. Tradition has cast the merchant class in a highly unflattering light as ethically indefensible. Van Cleve?s in-depth analysis traces the evolution of attitudes toward merchants from negative, underdeveloped images to positive, heroic portrayals., John Van Cleve analyzes the influence of the merchant class on what Leo Balet termed the Verburgerlichung (the 'becoming middle-class') of German literature during the eighteenth century. He describes the origins and development of the class and examines its successive images in works by Haller, Schnabel, Borkenstein, Luise Gottsched, J. E. Schlegel, Gellert, and Lessing.Between the years 1729 and 1750, merchants were better able to lend financial support to the literary world than were civil servants and professionals. Although merchants were central in the cultural life of the German states, they were usually less educated than other members of their social stratum and therefore less disposed to literature. Tradition has cast the merchant class in a highly unflattering light as ethically indefensible. Van Cleve's in-depth analysis traces the evolution of attitudes toward merchants from negative, underdeveloped images to positive, heroic portrayals., Analyses the influence of the merchant class on what Leo Balet termed the Verburgerlichung (the'becoming middle-class') of German literature during the eighteenth century. John Van Cleve describes the origins and development of the class and examines its successive images in works by Haller, Schnabel, Schlegel, Gellert, Lessing, and others.
